Servants of the Wind

Ferry, John

ISBN 10: 1419628364 / ISBN 13: 9781419628368

Edité par Booksurge Publishing, 2007

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Synopsis :

'The rage I felt is frightening to recall, even now after all these years. I lived what the human race was like in its primitive stages...I fear that for a few minutes along the banks of Peachtree Creek I had no soul.' This is the story of a Civil War regiment, the 111th Pennsylvania, which was recruited in 1861 from Erie, Warren, Crawford and Elk counties. It fought in the east in 1862 and 1863 and then went west, to fight at Chattanooga, Resaca and Atlanta. It marched to the sea and through the Carolinas during 1864-65, and was known as one of the '300 Fighting Regiments' of the Union. This book, narrated by a fictional vetran, tells of war in a different way, where the facts are sometimes blurry rather than quanitified, where the names of privates count for as much as the officers, and the civilian front takes an equal place in the telling. Humor can be found even in hard times, and it is here, too. This is a story of Americans made heroic by the measure of their valor and sacrifice. (Since publication, the author found out that Calvin Blanchard's first wife was named Bertha Ferry)

À propos de l'auteur: John Ferry served at total of 23 years in the Marine Corps and United States Army, retiring in 1998, and is now a historian of Civil War and military history. Married for 37 years, he and his wife Mary live in Farmington Township, Pennsylvania. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Servants of the Wind
Éditeur : Booksurge Publishing
Date d'édition : 2007
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket